
§ 201.011. REPORT.  (a) The associate judge's report may 
contain the associate judge's findings, conclusions, or 
recommendations, including a proposed order.  The associate judge's 
report must be in writing in the form directed by the referring 
court.  The form may be a notation on the referring court's docket 
sheet.
	(b)  After a hearing, the associate judge shall provide the 
parties participating in the hearing notice of the substance of the 
associate judge's report.  The notice may be given in the form of a 
proposed order.
	(c)  Notice may be given to the parties:                                       
		(1)  in open court, by an oral statement or a copy of 
the associate judge's written report, including any proposed order;
		(2)  by certified mail, return receipt requested;  or                         
		(3)  by facsimile transmission.                                               
	(d)  The associate judge shall certify the date of mailing of 
notice by certified mail or the date of the facsimile transmission.  
There is a rebuttable presumption that notice is received on the 
date stated on:
		(1)  the signed return receipt, if notice was provided 
by certified mail;  or
		(2)  the confirmation page produced by the facsimile 
machine, if notice was provided by facsimile transmission.
	(e)  After a hearing conducted by an associate judge, the 
associate judge shall send the associate judge's signed and dated 
report, including any proposed order, and all other papers relating 
to the case to the referring court.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, eff. April 20, 1995.  
Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1302, § 7, eff. Sept. 1, 
1999;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 464, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

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